Combining several biofamilies to form a stepfamily is complex!

A veteran stepfamily therapist summarizes the key things adults and kids in several biofamilies must merge and stabilize to create a new stepfamily. The merger process is complex, conflictual, and usually takes several years after a single parent starts to date seriously. For more detail, see http://sfhelp.org/sf/merge.htm

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